Cruise Control problems of the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee

"takata recall" when I click the cruise control it speeds up uncontrollably and I have to hit the brakes several times to disconnect it. It does not set a control at all and continues to climb in speed.

Speed control acceleration. Driving on interstate returning from vacation, cruise was set at 70mph. When approaching a slower vehicle, cruise was deactivated and reactivated when pass was completed. When reactivated the cruise control would not stop accelerating. This has happened 3 years ago and ever since I test the cruise control the problem of out of control acceleration persists. The out of control acceleration can be stopped by stepping on the brakes or manually turning off the cruise control. I had a mechanic look at it and they cannot determine what the cause is. I cannot even disable the cruise control without effecting other electronics. I am afraid to allow anyone else to drive this vehicle in the event they would unknowing use the cruise control and get into a serious accident.

I was driving along and decided to turn on the cruise control. When I did the Jeep accelerated out of control and I was going 75. The gas pedal went down to the floor. It would not turn off using the off button on the steering wheel. I slammed on the brakes and the cruise control turned off. At that time the gas pedal popped back up. Over the next week, I attempted to use my cruise control several times, and each time the vehicle speed excelled on its own to dangerous speeds, and the pedal went down to the floor. I have asked a couple of mechanics to look at it and they don't know what is wrong, but the same thing happened to them. They said that this could cause an accident and I had them disconnect the cruise control. I would like it fixed, but no seems to know the problem.

On multiple occasions, the instrument panel has stopped working completely. The lighting in both in the interior of the vehicle as well as the exterior flashes and sometimes goes out completely. Multiple dealers have not been able to find a problem. It has caused near crashes before with the distraction of driving at night. The cruise control also accelerates without any warning while this occurs and the cruise must be reset by turning the car off and back on. This too has caused some near crashes as the car accelerates due to the faulty cruise control.

While traveling at highway speeds (55mph), engaged cruise control and the vehicle accelerated up to 85 mph. Had to hit brake to disengage cruise control. Tried to use it again and the vehicle again went to 85. After 4 or 5 attempts, the cruise control stopped working completely and still does not work to date.

My daughter was home this weekend and said her cruise control was messed up. We took a ride and when she 'set' the cruise the accelerator went to the floor and stayed there till we increased speed by at least 15 mph. I thought maybe she was doing something wrong in setting the system. Not the case. The cruise is no longer usable and down right dangerous. It sounds like the making of another Toyota acceleration problem. I would hope that enough people bring the problem to the forefront so something gets done to repair this problem.

I was driving my 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee and set cruise control. As soon as I did the accelerator hit the floor and I couldnt get it to stop unless I hit the cancel button. Now the cruise control doesnt work. Its shorting out all my other controllers and killing my battery.

While cruising down the highway with cruise control on, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Had to hit the brake to disengage. Numerous times since then, when cruise is switched to "on", acceleration happens and I need to hit the brake.

When cruise control is set, the truck begins to accelerate rapidly, hitting over 4,000 rpm's. Decelerate and cancel does not work, I have to use the brake pedal to disengage the cruise control. When this happened once in the past, I thought it was something I did or a fluke. Then it happened a second time and beginning 6/6/10, I discovered it now does it every time and I am no longer using the cruise control.

The contact owns a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While driving approximately 60 mph with the cruise control set the vehicle accelerated from 60 to 80 mph. He stated that the rmps increased from 2,000 to 4,000. He engaged the brakes and the cruise control disconnected. The failure occurred twice. The contact stated that he took the vehicle to the dealer for the first failure and they replaced the computer modular twice. He stated that the computer modular was changed twice two years ago and the failure happened again on February 13, 2011. The vehicle had not been taken to the dealer for the last failure. The contact stated that the failure could be duplicated when the cruise control was set and it caused the failure to occur. The failure mileage was 62,000 and the current mileage was 102,858. Updated 03/24/lj.